The all welded ferry boat "Suva-Maru", which closed her life in 1932 after the service for 12 years, was demounted and observed the corrosivility of the welded line. As the results, any parts, where the painting kept its film, were found no trace of the corrosion along the welded line, but the welded parts, where exposed to the corrosive medium without painting, shown some corrosion. This corrosion was not due to the galvanic action between the deposited metal and mother plate but due to the yielding of the plate by the internal stress, produced during welding operations.
As to the corrosion of the welded stainless steel plate, the precipitation of carbide by the heat of welding increases the corrosivility of the plate. This precipitation of carbide depends upon the heating temperature and duration of welding and also carbon contents of the plate. So that, to prevent the increasing of corrosivility of the stainless steel, it is necessary to decrease the carbon content of the plate and welding duration. To shorten the welding duration, it is more preferable to adopt the electric arc welding, than the gas welding.
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